diff --git a/apps/ui/references.d.ts b/apps/ui/references.d.ts
index 77d634a29..abe38c4c0 100644
--- a/apps/ui/references.d.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/references.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /// <reference path="../../packages/types-ios/src/lib/ios.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="../../packages/types-android/src/lib/android-29.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../../packages/core/global-types.d.ts" />
+declare let global: NodeJS.Global & typeof globalThis;
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/test-page-main-view-model.ts b/apps/ui/src/test-page-main-view-model.ts
index d24ee88c1..861cf272f 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/test-page-main-view-model.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/test-page-main-view-model.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable, Frame } from '@nativescript/core';
-import { Button } from '@nativescript/core/ui/button';
+import { Button ,tapEvent} from '@nativescript/core/ui/button';
 import { Color } from '@nativescript/core/color';
 import { WrapLayout } from '@nativescript/core/ui/layouts/wrap-layout';
 import { alert } from '@nativescript/core/ui/dialogs';
diff --git a/apps/ui/tsconfig.json b/apps/ui/tsconfig.json
index ab1c7ad8b..d216e662b 100644
--- a/apps/ui/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/ui/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "diagnostics": false,
     "paths": {
-      "~/*": ["src/*"],
-      "tns-core-modules/*": ["@nativescript/core/*"]
+      "~/*": ["src/*"]
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "references.d.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "tmp", "platforms", "__tests__", "e2"]
 }